Las Vegas
is home to a variety of museums. All of which are listed below. Art
exhibits, Nevada State Museum, Clark County Museum, Children's Museum,
Hoover Dam Museum, the Las Vegas Art Museum, a Natural History Museum,
the Lost City Museum, the Liberace Museum, Barrick Natural History Museum,
and the Bellagio Fine
Art Museum. Las Vegas has become a
cultural paradise. World famous art by world renowned artists,
Dinosaur Artifacts, and more! Las Vegas is the entertainment capital
of the world!

Atomic Testing Museum

755 E Flamingo Road, Las Vegas
(702) 794-5161.

The museum provides multiple viewpoints on the Nevada Test Site and its impact
on the nation. An 8,000 square foot exhibit hall with artifacts from the
Smithsonian Institution, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, pieces of the Berlin
wall and World Trade Centers. Designed to be a highly interactive experience.
Touch screens, motion sensitive plasma TV presentations, audio interviews with
former workers from the test site, more multi media components.

BELLAGIO GALLERY OF FINE ART MUSEUM

3600 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas' premier exhibition
venue, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art presents exhibitions of
paintings, sculptures and works on paper by the world's most
influential artists. Rotating museum-caliber exhibitions, which have
featured renowned artists ranging from Picasso to Warhol, offer
visitors a rare opportunity to view legendary works of art carefully
selected from prestigious international collections. Open daily.

BOULDER CITY - HOOVER DAM MUSEUM

BOULDER CITY, HOOVER DAM MUSEUM

1305 Arizona Street, Boulder City, Nevada

702-294-1988

The Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum tells the story of the Boulder
Canyon Project as it was experienced by the men and women who braved
the desolation of the Southern Nevada desert to build Hoover Dam and
Boulder City. The Museum's three-dimensional, interactive displays
and exhibits describe the great social and economic forces
surrounding the 1929 Stock Market Crash and Depression that drove
thousands of unemployed citizens from their homes into the isolation
of the Nevada desert where the Boulder Canyon Project was one of the
few places in the United States where men could find work.
Photographs, artifacts, oral histories, and the sounds of Hoover Dam
construction ringing off the walls of Black Canyon provide a sense
of the complexity, danger, and immense scale of the construction
project, as well as a picture of ordinary life in an extraordinary
time and place. Listen as these pioneers tell about their lives in
Boulder City and down at the Hoover Dam construction site in the
desperate years of the early 1930s. Mothers describe how they set up
households in the sandy wastes along the Colorado River. Dam workmen
tell stories of the dangers they faced building Hoover Dam, an
engineering project unlike any attempted before. Social and economic
history of Hoover Dam/Boulder City construction and the Great
Depression.

How did they live?

How did these people survive
120-degree heat in the summer and below-freezing temperatures in the
winter?

How did they care for their children?

How did they get back
and forth to work?

How much money did they earn in Boulder City, a
town completely controlled by the federal government?

What did their
homes look like?

What happened if workmen were injured or killed on
the job?

Find Out! Visit Us Today!

BOULDER CITY, HOOVER DAM MUSEUM

1305 Arizona Street, Boulder City, Nevada

702-294-1988

CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM

Step into Southern Nevada's
past! A unique collection of historic homes, restored to recreate
lifestyles of important periods in local history. Revisit the news
at a replicated 1900 's newspaper print shop. Outdoor exhibits
include a resurrected ghost town and Paiute Indian Camp. The Pueblo
style Exhibit Center houses a time-line from prehistory to the 20th
century, as well as traveling and special theme exhibits. Open daily
from 9am - 4:30pm. Admission.

CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM

1830 South Boulder Highway, Las Vegas, Nevada

702-455-7955

LAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

The Las Vegas Natural History
Museum is a private, non-profit institution dedicated to educating
the children and families of the community in the natural sciences-
both past and present. Through its interactive exhibits, educational
programs and the preservation of its collections, the Museum strives
to instill an understanding and appreciation of the world’s
wildlife, ecosystems and cultures.

The Lied Discovery
Children's Museum consists of 100 hands on exhibits about science, arts
and humanities that teach as well as entertain. An everyday living
section, where children pretend to pick a job, earn a paycheck, deposit
savings in a bank and buy groceries, offers an opportunity to sample
adult life. Another section lets children simulate what is like
to be physically impaired. A science tower with fiber optics and
a weather station also are featured.

The Lost
City Museum was built by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts
that were being excavated from Pueblo Grande de Nevada. These Anasazi
Indian sites were being threatened by the waters of Lake Mead as it
backed up behind the newly built Hoover Dam. Eventually, when the lake
was filled to capacity, about five miles of sites had been inundated
or undercut by the water.

The Civilian
Conservation Corps assisted in the excavation of the sites and the construction
of the museum building. The building was constructed of sun-dried adobe
brick in a pueblo- revival style. The museum also served as the park
headquarters for the Boulder Dam State Park that was established at
Lake Mead.

The museum
is currently owned and maintained by the State of Nevada as one of its
six state museums. Program include ongoing archaeological research on
the remaining Lost City sites, school tours and outreach programs, changing
exhibits and archival library and collections research capabilities.
Special public programs are held throughout the year.

The Nevada State
Museum and Historical Society, a state agency, is an educational institution
whose purpose is to advance the understanding of the history, pre-history,
and natural history of Nevada, emphasizing southern Nevada and its relationship
with surrounding areas. It collects, researches, interprets, exhibits,
and preserves Nevada's heritage for present and future generations.

The Columbian Mammoth was a Nevada resident
15,000 to 20,000 years ago when the species disappeared along with many
other large mammals.

The Marjorie Barrick Natural History Museum offers exhibitions with concentrated
emphasis on Native cultures of the Southwest and Central Americas. The
Mojave Desert region is a world filled with natural beauty and life.
The chance to see and understand its fascinating wildlife and fragile
ecosystem is offered in several exhibits including a display of live
snakes, lizards and desert tortoise. Exhibits on the Southern Paiute
and Native Artistry illustrate man in the southwest. From the survival
arts of the Southern Paiute to the dramatic weaving of the Navajo and
beautiful carving of the Hopi, our exhibits help the visitor to appreciate
not only the beauty of objects but their personal and spiritual value.
Further exhibits explore early Las Vegas, the building of Hoover Dam,
pre-Columbian cultures, dance masks of Mexico and huipils of Guatemala.

The Marjorie Barrick Museum was founded in 1969
and opened in its present facility
in 1981. The museum is dedicated to collect, preserve, research, interpret
and exhibit objects and thematic
concepts that illustrate the natural history of Southern Nevada and
bordering regions. In addition to serving as a valuable learning facility for students
at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, the museum educates a much broader
public audience, thousands of adults and
children tour its exhibits each year. The museum is a regional center
for natural history.